Template Editor
This feature is provided in the SP and eMarketer Versions of GGG, for those webmasters who need complete customization of the gateway pages. In this way, the gateway pages closely resemble the main website pages. Experts SEOs can add the special features that improve rankings, according to them.
While the Freeware and Webmaster versions allow customizing by Template file edition, the Template Editor offers a better interphase for template customization. It makes easier to add HTML commands or any scripts in any part of the web pages, and alternate the GGG commands that allow insertion of links, content boxes, images, Flash files, keywords or other elements.
In the GGG versions that include Template Editor, some option boxes appear in gray and are disabled. Those boxes are replaced by the much more powerful Template Editor.
Templates accept standard HTML commands (either selected from the Insert Menu or typed) or GGG specific elements (always selected from the Insert menu).
When the Template Editor first loads, it uses the templates listed in the .dat configuration step. It looks like this:
| Previous versions | Format 0 | Format 1 | Format 2 | Format 3 | |
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10.a = |
template0.htm |
TempFirst_0.htm TempSec_0.htm TempRand_0.htm TempId_0.htm TempSite_0.htm |
TempFirst_1.htm TempSec_1.htm TempRand_1.htm TempId_1.htm TempSite_1.htm |
TempFirst_2.htm TempSec_2.htm TempRand_2.htm TempId_2.htm TempSite_2.htm |
TempFirst_3.htm TempSec_3.htm TempRand_3.htm TempId_3.htm TempSite_3.htm |
The user can design his own templates, using elements from his site: heading, background, images, text.
When you want fixed elements, like a heading, images or a .css file, use absolute URLs. The images that will have variable names and ALT metatags should be extracted from the main website and located in the IMAGES directory under Program Files/Great Gateway Generator. The images that come with the installation package can be deleted.
Usually we do not spend time improving the design. The SE spiders are blind to design and just focus on targeted keywords in relevant places. Once the gateway pages are well ranked, their aspect can be improved. The good ranking will not be lost, unless you change the filename or the title.
Javascript redirection is now being discouraged by Google.
File Menu
Templates can be created, saved and opened. The distribution templates hare called either:
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TempFirst_0.htm |
1st level |
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TempSec_0.htm |
2nd level |
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TempRand_0.htm |
random |
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TempId_0.htm |
index for the main host |
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TempSite_0.htm |
sitemap |
The default linking structure is as defined in http://www.gatewaygenerator.com/gatewaystructure.htm
Allows selection of the 5 page types that accept templates: First level, Second level, Random, Index/Id (the Random Page Index) and the Sitemap.
You can customize your gateway pages, editing one or several templates. Two sets of templates are provided: Minimal and Table. Those markers that should not be removed are labeled by a comment. Removing the Link to First Level Page or the Link to Random page risks leaving those pages orphan.
Inserts standard HTML commands or GGG specific elements into any template.
Link to First level page: Links randomly to some 1st level pages (when Keyword-Specific Directories is Off) or to all of them (when Keyword-Specific Directories is On). In both cases, if you are using a Plain Text Phrase file defined in Step 1, the links are alternated with different phrases. If not, phrases are extracted from the .dat file.
Link to Second level page: If placed in a 1st level page, links to daughters. In a 2nd level page, links to sister pages and herself. It does not work in other page types.
LinkToOtherRandom: calls the Id.htm, which has the Link to Random page.
Link to Random page: links to all the Random pages.
Link to Keyword: links to the keyword for the 1st level page, or the subkeyword for the 2nd level page, or to the combined keyword-subkeyword for the random page.
Link to Target: links to the target, as selected in Step 1
Link to Sitemap: links to the Sitemap.
LinkToGoogle: (Some experts say that linking to Google is rewarded in rankings).
Insert Content Box: Inserts one of the content boxes defined in Step 3.
Insert Image: Inserts one of the images in the Images folder. Can be anyone, either .gif or .jpg.
Insert Flash: Inserts the ggg.swf file from the swf folder. Adds some text.
Insert Keyword List: Inserts a list with all the keywords of the current project. There are no links in this list.
Insert Subject/Category/Descriptions: Inserts the fields defined in Step 1.
Insert HEAD/MetaTags: Inserts the heading with the metatags, according to the data entered in Step 1. Do not erase this element. If you want to add something to it, use the Step 5-3, Edit Metatag.
Insert Footnote: Inserts the webmaster name and url, according to the data entered in Step 1.
The elements listed in the table behave differently in different pages.
When a cell says Not Needed, it means that the element should not be placed in that page type. The reason is that it does not produce any action.
When it says Needed, it means that the element should be left as it is in the template, because deleting it risks leaving orphan pages.
Optional means it produces some action. Adding some content, images,
keywords and links is OK. Adding an excess is bad.
| Page type: |
1st level |
2nd level |
Random |
Id/Index (local random page index) |
Sitemap |
| Link to first level pages | Optional. | Optional | Optional | Not Needed | Needed. Always links to all 1st level pages. |
| Link to second level pages | Needed | Optional | Not possible *- Not needed | Not possible - Not needed | Not possible - Not needed |
| Link to random pages | Optional. Links to all random page indexes. | Optional. Links to all random page indexes. | Optional. Links to all random page indexes. | Needed. Links to all random pages in the host (domain, directory) | Needed. Links to all random page indexes. |
*: Linking to second level pages is limited to sister pages, and is relative to the mother 1st level page.
View in browser: It opens a new browser and shows what you have on the screen
HTML Colors: A reminder of how colors are defined in HTML code.
Manual Refresh: Refresh the upper screen, updating changes made in the lower, code screen.
Auto Refresh: Allows auto refresh, usually for fast machines.